Film

The Sugarland Express

1974 · 1h 50m · Crime · Drama

A girl with a great following. Every cop in the state was after her. Everybody else was behind her.

IMDb

6.7

Rotten Tomatoes

87%

Metacritic

65

Married small-time crooks Lou-Jean and Clovis Poplin lose their baby to the state of Texas and resolve to do whatever it takes to get him back. Lou-Jean gets Clovis out of jail, and the two steal their son from his foster home, in addition to taking a highway patrolman hostage. As a massive dragnet starts to pursue them across Texas, the couple become unlikely folk heroes and even start to bond with the captive policeman.

Goldie Hawn

Lou Jean Poplin

William Atherton

Clovis Poplin

Ben Johnson

Captain Tanner

Michael Sacks

Slide

Gregory Walcott

Mashburn

Steve Kanaly

Jessup

Louise Latham

Mrs. Looby

Harrison Zanuck

Baby Langston

A.L. Camp

Mr. Nocker

Jessie Lee Fulton

Mrs. Nocker

Dean Smith

Russ Berry

Ted Grossman

Dietz

Bill Thurman

Hunter

Ken Hudgins

Standby #1

Buster Daniels

Drunk

James N. Harrell

Mark Fenno

• Steven SpielbergStory · Director
• Hal BarwoodScreenplay · Story
• Matthew RobbinsScreenplay · Story
• Richard D. ZanuckProducer
• David BrownProducer
• Vilmos ZsigmondDirector of Photography
• John WilliamsOriginal Music Composer
• Verna FieldsEditor
• Edward M. AbromsEditor
• Shari RhodesCasting

Theatrical Trailer

Release date

March 31, 1974

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 50m

Rated

PG

Budget

$3,000,000

Revenue

$12,800,000

Genres

Crime, Drama

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